Items

• Serial: Tips and Trends, Vol. 2, No. 4
  Issue of Tips and Trends , contains various articles about the Americans with Disabilities Act and other disability activist efforts domestically and abroad.
• Serial: "Education of the Handicapped," Vol. 16, No. 14
  Biweekly publication which contains articles about the Americans with Disabilities Act and legislation regarding funding for education for individuals with disabilities.
• ADA Alert, Conference Committee Contacts Needed Now
  Newsletter announcing members of the conference committee of the Americans with Disabilities Act and advocating for the rejection of the Chapman Amendment to the ADA.
• ADA Bulletin: Recent Senate Action
  Newsletter announcing the Senate's vote to instruct the ADA Conference Committee to accept the Chapman amendment.
• Correspondence: Letter to Senator Dole from the American Psychological Association on the ADA
  Letter to Senator Bob Dole from the American Psychological Association from Dr. James Jones, Executive Director of the Public Interest Directorate of the American Psychological Association. Jones urges Dole to vote for the final Conference Report of the Americans with Disabilities Act to avoid the Chapman amendment from being added to the ADA.
• FAX: Letter to Senator Harkin from Senator Dole on Disability Research Centers
  Fax to Maureen West from Al Guida containing a letter from Senator Bob Dole to Senator Harkin regarding the funding of various research centers for mental disabilities.
• Correspondence: Letter from leaders of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights on the ADA.
  Letter from members of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Executive Director Ralph G. Neas and Chairperson Benjamin L. Hooks, urging the Senate to oppose the Chapman amendment proposed for the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Correspondence: Letter to Senator Dole from Don Bowman on the ADA
  Letter to Senator Dole from Don Bowman discussing Bowman's experience as a person with paraplegia and his negative views on the Americans with Disabilities Act. The letter is hand written on a newsletter from the Kansas Department of Human Resources urging Congress to accept the Conference Committee Report on the ADA.
• Correspondence: Letters to Senator Dole and Senator Kassebaum from Kevin Siek on the ADA
  Letters from Kevin Siek to Senator Dole and Senator Kassebaum. Siek thanks Dole for his support for the Americans with Disabilities Act and asks Kassebaum to limit debates and reject "weakening" amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Correspondence: Letter to Senator Dole from Michael Donnelly on the ADA
  Letter to Senator Dole from Michael Donnelly, Executive Director of the Topeka Independent Living Resource Center, thanking Dole for his continued support of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Memo: Action on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
  Memorandum from the Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns containing updates on the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act and its Conference Committee Report. Attached is a memorandum on "killer amendments" for the ADA.
• Correspondence: Dear Senator letter from the National Restaurant Association on the Chapman Foodhandling Amendment
  Dear Senator letter from the National Restaurant Association and other food industry groups asking for Congress to make a motion to recommit the conference report and accept the Chapman Foodhandling Amendment to the Americans with Disabilities Act
• Correspondence: Dear Senator letter from the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
  Dear Senator letter from the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities urging the Senate to oppose a motion to instruct the Chapman "foodhandlers amendment" to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Correspondence: Dear Senator letter from the American Jewish Committee supporting the ADA
  Dear Senator letter from Sholom D. Comay, President of the American Jewish Committee, expressing their support for the Conference Report on the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Correspondence: Dear Senator letter from the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities on the final passage of the ADA
  Dear Senator letter from the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities in urging Congress to vote in favor of the final passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Includes a list of more than 160 organizations in support of the ADA's passage.
• Memo: The Chapman amendment to the Americans with Disabilities Act
  Memorandum containing updates on the passage of a version of the Americans with Disabilities containing the Chapman food handling amendment passed by the House. Attached is a list of groups that support the Chapman amendment and a newspaper clippings.
• Correspondence: Letter from the National Federation of Independent Business to Senator Dole on the ADA
  Letter from the National Federation of Independent Business to Senator Bob Dole stating their disapproval of Congress exempting itself from provisions within the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Correspondence: Letter to Senator Dole from James Canaday on Amtrak's accessibility
  Letter to Senator Dole from James Canaday containing a letter Canaday had sent to Amtrak's customer service. The letter to Amtrak concerns an incident a blind patron had on an Amtrak train.
• Correspondence: Letter to Senator Dole from the Kansas Restaurant Association on the Chapman food handler amendment to the ADA
  Letter to Senator Dole from the Executive Vice President of the Kansas Restaurant Association, George Puckett, in support of the Chapman "Foodhandlers" amendment to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Correspondence: Letter to Senator Dole from Robert A. Gifford on the Chapman food handlers amendment to the ADA
  Letter to Senator Dole's office from Robert A. Gifford, a legislative representative for the National Restaurant Association, following up on a meeting between himself and Senator Dole about the Chapman food handling amendment to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Whip notice containing the Senate schedule for July 9-11, 1990
  Whip notice containing the Senate schedule for July 9-11, 1990, which includes S. 2104, a bill to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and possibly consideration for the Conference report on the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Statement on the Final Passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act by Senator Bob Dole
  Statement by Senator Bob Dole in support of the final passage of the Conference Report on the Americans with Disabilities Act. He references Nelson Mandela's fight for equal rights in South Africa and quotes Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Fax: Message to Maureen West from Jane West on the ADA Commission
  Fax message to Maureen West from Jane West regarding the ADA Commission proposal. Contains a membership list of the National Commission on the Americans with Disabilities Act, the last two pages of the Commission's proposal, and a draft letter to Dr. James Billington, Librarian of Congress, recognizing Nancy Lee Jones of the American Law Division of the Congressional Research Service.
• Fax: Message to Senator Dole's office from the Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns containing updates on "killer amendments" to the ADA.
  Message to Senator Dole's office from the Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns. Attached are updates to the "killer amendments" to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Fax: Message to Senator Dole's office from the Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns containing ADA updates
  Fax message to Senator Dole's office from the Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns. Attached are updates to the "killer amendments" to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Correspondence: Letter to Senator Boren from the William R. Upthegrove on the Chapman food handling amendment to the ADA
  Letter to Senator David L. Boren from William R. Upthegrove, Chairman of the Oklahoma Governmental Activities Committee and the Committee of the Oklahoma Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities, stating his reasoning for disapproving of the Chapman amendment to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Senator Dole's position on the Equal Rights Amendment in a speech draft
  Statement by Senator Dole titled "Dole's Position on ERA." Explains Senator Dole's position on extending the deadline for states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.
• Equal Rights Amendment (Proposed), Issue Brief Number IB74122
  Report by the Library of Congress's Congressional Research Service. It describes the controversy surrounding the Equal Rights Amendment and extending its ratification deadline.
• Memo prepared by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) concerning ERA and proposed extension of ratification
  Letter to a member of Congress from the Library of Congress's Congressional Research Service regarding the Equal Rights Amendment and the proposed extension of the ERA ratification deadline.
• The Proposed Equal Rights Amendment
  Congressional Research Service report on the proposed Equal Rights Amendment.
• S. 414, University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act
  A bill to amend title 35 of the United States Code; to establish a uniform Federal patent procedure for small businesses and nonprofit organizations; to create a consistent policy and procedure concerning patentability of inventions made with Federal assistance; and for other related purposes.
• Booklet: Americans with Disabilities Act
  This booklet was released by the National Council on Disability shortly after the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 was passed. It summarizes what each Title of the Act covers and when these new rules must be implemented.
• Correspondence from Reagan to Dole on retirement income for women
  Letter to Dole from Ronald Reagan expressing appreciation for legislation he introduced to provide greater equity for the provision of retirement income for women
• Dole Reintroduces Anti-Sex Bias Bill, Wins Endorsement of Major Women's Groups
  Press release detailing Bob Dole's reintroduction of the Sex Discrimination in the U.S. Code Reform Act
• Women's Issues
  "a monthly information and learning resource on various issues for Republican Senate candidates in 1984." Packet includes statistics and articles from publications including Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, National Review, Washington Post. The packet is geared toward supporting Reagan's re-election, as polls at the time indicated women made up the majority of the population but did not tend to favor Reagan.
• Advertisement for the Campaign Fund for Republican Women
  Informational page on the Campaign Fund for Republican Women, a PAC (political action committee) focused on funding Republican women running for office
• Women's Issues: Dealing with the Gender Gap Agenda
  Agenda from meeting attended by Nancy Bocskor
• Women's Seminar: Dealing with the Gender Gap
  Nancy Bocskor, Deputy Director of Communications for the National Republican Senatorial Committee sent a memo out to Senate Republican press secretaries about a seminar she attended on women as a target demographic for Republican votes.